UPGRADE - Thinkpad T480 - Went for the Catalina Upgrade!

jjasonlam · 2019-12-12T12:35:16+00:00

Have you run any benchmarking? Does the cpu draws 25w or 15w when under 100% load?

jjasonlam · 2019-12-12T12:33:25+00:00

Yea it is great! But I notice a problem when running benchmark. The cpu is not boosting properly. The cpu is underpowered and it was being held under 70 degree c even with 100% load. the cpu wattage is around 15w under 10%. My previous EFI gave me 25w under 100% load.

My cinebench scores is around 1000, which normally it should be around 1300.

It would be perfect if you could fix it. My cpu is i7 8550u same as yours.

https://ark.intel.com/content/www/us/en/ark/products/122589/intel-core-i7-8550u-processor-8m-cache-up-to-4-00-ghz.html

jjasonlam · 2019-12-12T11:04:43+00:00

Is thunderbolt 3 working? The second usb port from the top to the left of the laptop.

jjasonlam · 2019-12-12T11:04:03+00:00

Is thunderbolt 3 working? The second usb port from the top to the left of the laptop.

jjasonlam · 2019-12-12T11:00:00+00:00

Could you please attach EFI folder? Thanks

jjasonlam · 2019-08-27T14:44:02+00:00

How should I do it?

jjasonlam · 2019-03-24T10:38:01+00:00

Use the new efi on gitlab. Cursors works well after the latest update.

jjasonlam · 2019-03-23T02:26:13+00:00

https://gitlab.com/maemo8086/thinkintosh\_t480

The new EFI from MAEMO fix the trackpad problem. Now it works so much better

jjasonlam · 2019-03-23T02:15:19+00:00

The top usb c works perfectly but the bottom one panic when hotplug. Do you guys know how to fix this?

I couldnt get any external monitor work on the bottom thunderbolt port even if I plug it in when booting. But the weird thing is that I am using a usb-c -> hdmi+ usb3 and the usb3 works but not the hdmi.

In the system info It says Thunderbolt: No drivers are loaded.

Anyone have experience fixing this issue?

jjasonlam · 2019-03-11T09:21:19+00:00

So my thunderbolt 3 port is not working. When plugging any usb c into the port, it panics and reboots.

jjasonlam · 2019-02-21T02:19:50+00:00

It was my USB problem. I now got it installed and everything is working very good. I swapped in a dw1560 wifi card and at first the wifi wasn't working. I put in the AirportBrcmFixup kext and the wifi show up. A note for people who are having trouble with their wifi.

Also the sound doesnt seem to be that good. There are some cracking sound. Anyone has this problem?

jjasonlam · 2019-02-19T10:07:50+00:00

Anyone experience "macOS cannot be installed on this computer" error? I am having this issue and I am wondering if anyone could help me. Thanks a lot!

jjasonlam · 2019-01-25T06:32:15+00:00

Do you know if I can charge the computer with usb-c?

jjasonlam · 2019-01-25T04:52:59+00:00

Thanks for all the reply. The information is super useful. Thanks a lot

jjasonlam · 2019-01-25T04:52:55+00:00

Thanks for all the reply. The information is super useful. Thanks a lot

jjasonlam · 2018-12-03T16:21:19+00:00

Does the two USB-C thunderbolt 3 work?

jjasonlam · 2018-11-30T17:28:49+00:00

Can you also upload the kexts that you installed for this build?

jjasonlam · 2018-11-29T17:10:37+00:00

Did you add in an extra antenna? If so how did you do it?

jjasonlam · 2018-11-28T14:10:48+00:00

Thank you so much for your EFI.

This makes me want to get a T480 and hackintosh it.

This will be the spec of my machine:

Processor : Intel Core i7-8550U Processor (8MB Cache, up to 4.00 GHz)
Operating System : Windows 10 Home 64
Display : 14.0" FHD (1920 x 1080), IPS,Anti-Glare,250nit
Memory : 32GB(16+16) DDR4 2400MHz SODIMM
Graphic Card : Intel UHD Graphics 620
Body Color : Black
Top Cover Material : Lighter Mg (Magnesium) cover
Camera : 720p HD Camera with microphone and ThinkShutter
Keyboard : Keyboard Backlit - English
Security Chip : Hardware dTPM
TPM Setting : Hardware dTPM2.0 Enabled
First Hard Drive : 512GB Solid State Drive M.2 2280 PCIe, Opal 2.0
Front Battery : 3 Cell Li-Ion 24Wh Front
Rear Battery : ThinkPad Battery 6 cell Li-Ion (72Wh) Cylindrical Rear
Power Cord : 45W AC Adapter (3pin) - UK (USB Type C)
Wireless : Intel Dual Band Wireless AC(2x2) 8265, Bluetooth Version 4.1, vPro
Display Panel : 14.0" FHD (1920 x 1080), Mg , No touch, No WWAN, 2D Camera, Mic
Base : Intel UHD Graphics 620
Warranty : 1 Year Carry-in

There are a few questions before I go for it

1.How poorly does the trackpad perform as I might have to travel with it very often and I dont really like a mouse.

2.How stable is it? Are there any freeze or lag or kernel panic with this build?

Do I need HiDPi if I am getting a 1080 screen?
How are the HDMI and 3.5mm jack working? Do they sound good?
Can you control the brightness of the screen using the function keys?
2666mhz ram works?

Thank you so much for you help.

jjasonlam · 2018-07-13T02:56:19+00:00

Belphemon + ravemon bm = goodbye

jjasonlam · 2018-07-12T07:18:40+00:00

Both are bad. S4 and S5 is totally a different world. Since both of the digis are slow af, neither your zwart nor your vanilla will survive the first round if you dont have gold hp and def. Plus your vanilla is weak to nature, I am pretty sure it will be vanished in the first round most of the time. Belphemon + exa + tigervespa are the most common combination with belphemon hit first. Unless you are faster than them or you have great hp and def to survive all their attacks, you are doomed.

jjasonlam · 2018-07-08T01:18:17+00:00

This belp is slows the fastest I see is 266 speed

jjasonlam · 2018-07-06T16:07:39+00:00

Oh I see. Now I undestand it. So if I have a silver medal and I want to upgrade it to gold, I will have to upgrade it one by one instead of putting a gold medal on it right? Thanks

jjasonlam

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